Hookup bad, water utility takes a 'bath9 |>ROSEMARY (THARA improperly for several yean. As • result, the ing the case — apparently because Fernandez BPU deals directly with the water company and lines apparently were tapped into the service MIDDLETOWN - Residents of six homes customer listed for the meter had been receiv wrote to the BPU to ask about his bills, which not with the customer in enforcing that require- line feeding 45 Coleman Ave. have been getting free water service for up to ing minimum quarterly bills for several years, jumped from $210 for 183,000 gallons last June, ment, Dawson said. The water company's construction unit will four years because of an incorrect hookup. according to Mary Ann Duffy, public informa- the minimum rate for that level of usage for a Dawson said it was the BPU's understanding extend the main, Duffy said, but the developer The residents have received no water bills tion officer for the water company. single home, to $6M for 686.000 gallons in Sep- that the water company and the township were has to apply for the work — and in this case, no from the Monmouth Consolidated Water Co. The company learned about the load on the tember. The June bill was.the first to reflect the pressuring the builder to extend the main down application had been filed. because their homes do not have water meters. meter when it was replaced in March, Duffy higher usage recorded by the new meter, but the the street so that each home could be connected Joseph Kovelesky, one of the principals of Instead, they are hooked up to a water meter said full impact of the increase did not appear until to it and individual meters could be installed. Kove Construction, said that when the housing serving a seventh home at 45 Coleman Ave. From 1*73 to 1)77, Kove Construction was the September bill Duffy said the water company is awaiting a project was started, the water company wanted That dwelling was built by the Kove Con- being billed for the meter. From 1977 to the George Dawson, public information officer decision by the BPU. him to extend the main down Coleman Avenue struction Co., as were five of the other six present, the customer of record has been for the BPU, said the state agency is investigat- As for the connections, Duffy said Kove down and across Navesink River Road to tie in houses. Marcos Fernandez of 45 Coleman Ave. Five of ing the matter and Fernandez will not have to Construction apparently failed to extend the to a high pressure main. Monmouth Consolidated didn't leam until the other homes involved are on Coleman Ave- pay the bill until the dispute is resolved main down the street Normally, she said, each "They wanted their facilities improved at last March that the one meter was serving all nue and one is on Lakeside Drive. BPU tariff laws state that any home serviced home is connected to the main in the street by a my expense," he said seven homes because the meter was working The state Board of Public Utilities is study- by a water utility must have its own meter. The service line — but in this case, all the service Sec Water, page I The Daily Register >lon mouth County "s firoal Homo Nou spa per VOL.103 NO. 92 * SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1980 20 CENTS N.J. gets federal aid to deal with drought CLIFTON (API - On his 24th visit to New came at a good time politically, as the latest polls Mondale called upon Roe and Maguire sup- Jersey this year, Vice President Walter F. Mon- showed Republican presidential candidate Ronald porters to re-elect local Democrats and the presi- dale announced yesterday that the state will Reagan still leading in New Jersey by a alight dent. Echoing a recent national campaign ad- receive federal aid to combat the water shortage margin. vertisement, he warned that Reagan's foreign in seven northeastern counties. And at a reception later In the evening for policies might be a threat to peace. Constantly emphasizing the harmony between Maguire - targeted by the GOP as the nation's He characerized Republican economic pro- the Carter administration and representatives of second most vulnerable Democratic represent- posals, especially the Kemp-Roth tax cut bill, as what is considered a key state in the Nov. 4 ative — Mondale heightened the campaign pitch. "nuts." presidential election, Mondale said the $4.5 mil- He told supporters Maguire would lose his bid Mondale said the nation should "keep a good lion in emergency federal funds will be used to for re-election without an all-out campaign effort. president," noting, "We have not permitted a build a three-mile pipeline from Lake Hopatcong Maguire is running against Marge Roukema, president to complete a second term since Eisen- to the Boonton Reservoir. whom he narrowly defeated in 1978. Mondale said Carter declared a federal emer- gency and cleared the way for federal funds within 24 hours of Gov Brendan T. Byrne's re- quest for the declaration. The vice president said the pipeline should be RMUMr MWM »» Carl '•«•• completed within 60 to 90 days and will carry 25 SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS — Enjoying last night's 25th an- Planes to stay, million gallons of water per day. He said the niversary banquet of the Greater Red Bank NAACP are, from left. Or. George Federal Emergency Management Agency will Cureton, guest speaker; Dr. Donald D. Warner, Red Bank Regional super- oversee construction of the pipeline, which will intendent of schools, and Agustinho Montelro, NAACP chapter president. aid communities in the parched counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union, Morris and Somerset. U.S. tells Iran Byrne said the state will begin accepting bids on the project early this week. He also said WASHINGTON (AP) - The Carter i improve prospects for releasing the $2 hostages, Education vital, engineers told him the "most optimistic" time tration, skeptical yet hopeful that Iran Is near a now In their 362nd day of captivity, by removing for completion of the project would be SO days. decision on the hostage question, apparently la die aircraft and keeping Jordan from aiding Iraq The Byrne administration calculated that $4 rejecting an Iranian call that U.S. radar planes be daring the war. He called the planes "obstacles million is needed for the project. Under federal withdrawn from the Persian Gulf to remove "ob- to solving the hostage question." law, three-quarters of the amount needed can be stacles" to the Americans' release. Rajai, while in New York to address the minorities told funded federally. Mondale indicated yesterday Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskle said United Nations, also predicted that the Par- the remaining $1.5 million may be available in a yesterday the AW ACS reconnaissance planes liament's decision on conditions for freeing the By BOB BRAMLEY in schools now never attended any segre- short-term loan from the federal government. were deployed at Saudi Arabia's request to pro- hostages was "not far away." EAST KEANSBURG - Education, gated schools," Cureton said. Mondale announced the federal aid at a recep- tect its territorial integrity during the Iran-Iraq "We've heard statements like that to many above all else, is the key to advancement "And to those who argue the per- tion for the re-election of Rep. Robert Roe, at- war He said they have ho offensive capabilities times over the recent weeks that we've learned for members of minority groups. formance tests are an unfair plot against tended by New Jersey Sens. Harrison A. WUliams and denied they are being used to pass In- not to raise our expectations," Muskle said on That was the recurrent theme last blacks, I say hogwash We have to work Jr. and Bill Bradley as well as Byrne and Rep. telligence information to Iraq. ABC's "Issues and Answers." harder with the minority kids and start It night at the 25th anniversary banquet of Andrew Maguire. \t the same time, Muskle reaffirmed the U.8. "I hope it (the parliament) does act soon and the Greater Red Bank NAACP, which in kindergarten. We must have these kids Asked about the timing of the federal aid - position of Impartiality In the war, but added there're some indication! that It may," he added. drew more than 200 members, friends and prepared to pass the tests. two weeks before the election — Mondale said, "I without elaborating: "That position may have to Vice President Walter Mondale, campaigning guests to Buck Smith's restaurant on "If we try to defend our right to can't take responsibility for a drought." He said be adjusted as circumstances develop." in Hartford, Conn., backed Muskie's assessment, Palmer Avenue. incompetence, we lose," he went on. Too the Carter administration was responding to a Muskie said the war is a separate Issue from saying: "I see no reason to be unduly optimistic "Too many black students can't read many find providing excuses for failure is water shortage that has threatened the economy the hostages. or unduly pessimistic." or count well enough to function in today's good business. I believe that more of us of the area and forced hardships on the residents. can overcome. When blacks fall, blacks Iran's Prime Minister Mohammad All Rajai Iranian lawmakers, meanwhile, gave conflict- society; blacks are on the low end of the But local officials conceded the announcement suggested Saturday that the United States could See U.S., page It functional totem pole," said Dr.